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USBE outlines Utah Fits All (UFA) changes: new program manager, 993 school code and LEA responsibilities for cross‑enrollment checks
Summary
USBE staff said Odyssey is the new UFA program manager replacing ACE, described a new school code (993) to flag scholarship students, and warned LEAs they will have a larger role verifying cross‑enrollments with UFA awardees; technical and privacy details remain under discussion.
The Utah State Board of Education told LEAs during a data webinar that Odysee (Odyssey) has replaced ACE as the program manager for the Utah Fits All (UFA) scholarship program and that LEAs will need to work directly with the new manager to validate scholarship eligibility and cross‑enrollment.
Cliff, a USBE staff member, said the contract with ACE ended on May 15 and Odysee is the new program manager. USBE has handed off contact information for awarded and applicant students to Odysee and urged LEAs to work directly with the program manager for provider qualification and cross‑enrollment resolution.
Key operational change: school code 993 USBE plans to use a dedicated school number (993) to identify UFA scholarship enrollments and will provide level‑2 warnings where a 993 enrollment appears to overlap with an enrollment at another LEA. Cliff said the 993 code is intended as an identifying mechanism, not as a full policy enforcement gate. If a student appears both as a 993 enrollment and an enrollment at another LEA, the system will…
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